Allure Of The Seas accidents and incidents

CruiseMapper's Allure Of The Seas cruise ship accidents, incidents
and law news reports relate to a 6314-passenger vessel owned by
Royal Caribbean.
Our Allure Of The Seas accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown
online news media sources, US Coast Guard and Wikipedia.

Here are also reported latest
updates on cruise law news related to ashore and shipboard crimes still investigated by the police.
Among those could be arrests, filed lawsuits against the shipowner / cruise line company, charges and fines,
grievances, settled / withdrawn legal actions, lost cases, etc.

The ship’s propulsion problems started in early August 2017, when reportedly, one of its 3 propellers was damaged. To fix the problem, RCI scheduled a drydock for January 21, 2018.

04 September 2015

Other Incidents

On September 4, 2015, after considering the numerous responses from RCI customers, the shipowner decided to change the departure date and the itinerary of its specially themed “President’s Cruise 2016” on the Allure ship. The theme voyage (which features the Royal Caribbean International company’s CEO and President Mr Michael Bayley) was rescheduled for September 18, instead of Sept 11.

On December 9, 2013, the ship left a malfunctioned lifeboat in Nassau Bahamas. The boat (number 1) became inoperational after its lift cable snapped and needed repairs.

16 October 2012

Drug Smuggling

On October 16, 2012, when the ship was docked in Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale FL), the police arrested 2 crew members (both 25-year-old) for cocaine smuggling. They were stopped during a routine inspection upon disembarkation. After scanning a backpack, a police dog was brought. The substance found inside tested positive for cocaine.

During questioning, one of them said he knew about the drug, and told detectives they have received the backpack with the drugs from a man in Falmouth, Jamaica. Both were charged with drug trafficking of over 1 kilo of cocaine.

16 September 2012

Crew / Passenger Deaths

(overboard) On September 16, 2012, a 21-year-old female passenger jumped overboard. While falling down, the body struck on the arm (but didn’t injured) a woman which was on her cabin’s balcony on deck 10. CCTV camera records confirmed a suicide, showing the young woman going over the rail of her cabin’s balcony on deck 12 and jumping into the water.

The young woman was traveling together with her mother (50-year-old) both living in Bartlett Tennessee. At the time of the accident, the ship was en-route from Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) to Nassau Bahamas, and at ~50 ml (80 km) off of Ft Lauderdale. Due to this incident, the Nassau port call was canceled and the ship continued directly to St Martin.

20 April 2012

Fire Accident

On April 20, 2012, the Captain publicly informed all passengers about a fire in the engine room. The ship’s section 6 was evacuated. No injuries were reported. For about 2 hours the ship drifted, then continued powered by only one engine. The engine fire was quickly extinguished by the high fog system which activated immediately. When the acccident happened, the ship was en-route to Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) from St Maarten, and arrived in homeport as scheduled (on April 22).

14 February 2012

Crew / Passenger Deaths

On February 14, 2012, a male passenger collapsed in his cabin and in front of his wife. She raised the alarm, and the med staff found him not breathing and without pulse. Their resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead (by natural causes, preexisting medical condition).

03 February 2012

Crew / Passenger Deaths

(overboard) On February 3, 2012, a 30-year-old male passenger jumped overboard and died. The body was found, and the suicide was confirmed by CCTV camera records. The dead passenger was British. The itinerary was a 7-day roundtrip Mexico cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Cozumel. The ship was chartered by Atlantis Events (gay cruise travel agency).

29 January 2012

Fire Accident

On January 29, 2012, a small fire was reported in the ship’s incineration area.

04 January 2012

Crew / Passenger Crimes

(sexual) On January 4, 2012, a teenage girl was raped by two other passengers – a 15-year-old boy and a 20-year old man. Both were arrested in Port Everglades. The girl was lured from the “Fuel” disco (teens-only lounge area) to their cabin. The victim and her family (from Iowa) were on a 10-day Christmas cruise roundtrip from Ft Lauderdale FL.

08 December 2011

Crew / Passenger Deaths

On December 8, 2011, a male passenger died from cardiac arrest (death from natural causes).

03 September 2011

Coast Guard Medevacs

On September 3, 2011, a male passenger (suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding) was medevaced and transported first to Key West FL then to Miami (Baptist Hospital).

10 February 2011

Drug Smuggling

On February 11, 2011, a 51-year-old male passenger (from West Hollywood, California USA) was arrested for selling drugs to other passengers. The arest was done in St Thomas (USVI). During this incident, the ship was chartered for a Bahamas gay-themed cruise. Cabin search yielded over 140 pills of ecstasy, ~3 gr methamphetamine and in cash USD 51,000. In November 2011, the man was sentenced to 21 months in jail for drug dealing on cruise ship.

06 February 2011

Crew / Passenger Deaths

On February 6, 2011, a 32-year-old female crew was found dead in Cozumel. The body was recovered from the ocean. Autopsy showed drowning as cause of death, but the woman also suffered blows to the head and other parts of the corpse. The victim (Polish in origin) worked as a musician on the ship. The investigation of a possible murder case resulted in the arrest and murder charge of a 24-year-old Mexican bartender in Cozumel.

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